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2020 Newsletters
- December 2020: MHC/MHZC Updates; Nashville Sites Update; HNI's Nashville Nine 2020; Nashville's Black Country Music Association; Nashville Retrospect Goes Digital; NPS Civil Rights Grants; Holidays at Buchanan Log House
- November 2020: New MHC Commissioners; Native American Heritage Month; Nashville Environmental Justice Initiative; Engine Co. 14 Updates; THS Appoints New Executive Director; Historical Marker Updates
- October 2020: Fort Negley Archaeology Update; Federal Reserve Building Addition Approved; Proposed Renamings in Honor of Civil Rights Leaders; New Book Spotlights State Capitol; Nashville Retrospect History Map
- September 2020: Haynes Heights Considers NCZO; Nashville Nine Nominations; NTHP Grants Now Open; Meet the MHC Intern; Virtual Old House Fair; Historical Marker Updates; Archaeology Days at Travellers Rest
- August 2020: MHZC Commissioner Updates; MHC Statement on Forrest Bust; Nashville Sites Update; Hermitage Hotel Designated National Historic Landmark; Nashville's Rural Cemeteries; Buchanan Log House Update
- July 2020: MHC/MHZC Commissioner Updates; Remembering MHC Commissioner "Bellevue" Bob Allen and Dr. Reavis L. Mitchell, Jr.; State Curator and Author Jim Hoobler; Historical Marker Updates
- June 2020: MHC/MHZC Updates; New Nashville Sites Interns; Federal Preservation Grants Announcement; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedication; Updates from Fort Negley and Two Rivers Mansion; Battle of Nashville Trust
- May 2020: MHC/MHZC Updates; What We Do; Virtual Preservation Month; Nashville Sites Offers New Virtual Tour Option; State Historian Appointed to National Committee; (Virtual) Events This Month
- April 2020: Preservation Awards postponed; Historical Markers; Downtown Nashville's Alternative Service Offerings; Nashville History and Historic Places: Quarantine Edition; AASLH Introduces Affinity Community Forum
- March 2020: 45th Annual Preservation Awards; Tennessee's Plan for Historic Preservation 2019-2029; History of Bellevue Christian Church; Women's Suffrage Centennial Events 2020; Nashville History Videos
- February 2020: 39th Annual Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; 45th Annual Preservation Awards; Jefferson Street Sound Museum; Nashville Black History Tours
- January 2020: Nashville Sites Sponsors; 39th Annual Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; New National Register Listing; Protecting Nashville's Historic Cemeteries; Upcoming Marker Dedications
2019 Newsletters
- December 2019: East Nashville License Plates; Women's Suffrage Documentary; Jefferson Street Micro Museum; New "Nashville Slave and Free People of Color Database"; New Music Row Signage; Federal Preservation Grants
- November 2019: Nashville Sites Official Launch; Inside Look at Drake Graveyard; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications; Upcoming Events at Fort Negley; MTSU Student-Led Walking Tours
- October 2019: Historic Preservation 101 for Realtors & Developers; 2019 Living History Tour at City Cemetery; New Bellevue Historical Articles; 23rd Annual Belmont-Hillsboro Home Tour; Spooky Tours at Nashville's Historic Sites
- September 2019: New MHC Commissioners; We Remember Nashville ceremony; Archaeology Day; Aaittafama Archaeological Park; Vanderbilt Call for Proposal; Belmont Mansion fall lecture series; New AASLH Handbook
- August 2019: MHZC Community Meeting; Economic Impact Study Video; TN Historical Commission Grants; 130th Anniversary of 8th Avenue Reservoir and George Reyer Pumping Station; Upcoming Events at Fort Negley
- July 2019: MHC Welcomes New Commissioner Davis Acker; MHZC Community Meetings Regarding Outbuilding Design Guidelines; New MHC Intern Marley Abbott; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications
- June 2019: Economic Impact Study; Fort Negley recognized as UNESCO Site of Memory; Music Row named to NTHP 11 Most Endangered; Remembering May Dean Eberling; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications
- May 2019: Preservation Awards; Historical Marker Dedications; Metro Arts Grants; Journey to Jubilee Tour at Belle Meade Plantation; Centennial Park Conservancy Art Show Fundraiser; Nashville 101 Videos
- April 2019: Nashville 101 and 102 Lecture Series; What's Out There Weekend; Grassmere Historic Farm TAM Award; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications; Stones River Battlefield Acquisition; Events at Fort Negley
- March 2019: Preservation Awards Call for Nominations; Gower Cemetery Restoration Project; Tennessee Historical Commission Preservation Plan Survey; 2019 Old House Fair; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications
- February 2019: Preservation Awards Call for Nominations; Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; Nashville 101 Lecture Series; African American History Month Programs and Events; 2019 Old House Fair
- January 2019: Economic Impact Study; Fort Negley Archaeology update; 44th Annual Preservation Awards; 1823 Nashville Toll Bridge Site; Historical Marker Dedications; Conference on African-American History and Culture
2018 Newsletters
- December 2018: New MHC Commissioner; Fort Negley Crowdrise Campaign; Interior Historic Landmark Ordinance; Upcoming Marker Dedications; 2019 African-American History and Culture Conference; Grant Opportunities
- November 2018: NCCA Living History Tour video; Fort Negley Crowdrise campaign; HNI's Nashville Nine; Mr. Temple and the Tigerbelles documentary; Nashville Sites walking tours; Metro Archives Veteran's Day exhibit
- October 2018: Metro Archives NEH grant; Nashville Schools and Desegregation; 19th Annual Living History Tour at Nashville City Cemetery; 39th Annual Oktoberfest; Artober Nashville 2018
- September 2018: Nashville Sites; New Commissioners; Historic Nashville Inc. Nashville Nine nominations; "Voyage of Adventure" NPT documentary; New State Museum; Upcoming Events at Fort Negley
- August 2018: Remembering Dutchman's Curve Train Wreck; Restoration of Stone Gates at Percy Warner Park; Former James Robertson Hotel Rehabilitation; New Tours at Belle Meade Plantation
- July 2018: New MHC Commissioners; MHC Foundation's Back to Cuba Fundraiser; 2018 Memorial Day Dash; Bellevue History Group Launches New Website; 50th Anniversary of J. Percy Priest Dam; Old Hickory Centennial
- June 2018: Preservation Awards Recap; Old Hickory Centennial; Statehood Day; Historic Resources along the Cumberland River; 50th Anniversary of the National Trails Act
- May 2018: Preservation Awards; Two Rivers Archaeology Study; Fort Negley Cultural Landscape Report; State Museum Closing; Collins-Sirls Cemetery Restoration; Preservation Month; Old Hickory Centennial
- April 2018: Preservation Awards; MHC Open House; Fort Negley Update; FY18 Appropriation Bill; Decorative Arts Symposium
- March 2018: New MHC Commissioners; African-American History and Culture Conference; TSU Marker; Resilient Nashville; HNI 50th Anniversary; Preservation Awards
- February 2018: Honoring Nashville's African-American History; African-American History and Culture Conference; MHC Foundation; Historic Nashville Inc. Annual Meeting
- January 2018: African-American History and Culture Conference; Historic Tax Credit update; Fort Negley events; Historical Marker Project; Popular Historic Destinations in Nashville; Grant Opportunities
2017 Newsletters
- December 2017: Historical Marker Project; Nashville City Cemetery book; Grant opportunities; Resilient Nashville
- November 2017: New Commercial Grant Program; Staff Updates; Historic Tax Credits
- October 2017: Staff Updates; Spooky Tours and Fall Events; 2017 Nashville Nine
- September 2017: Staff Updates; Commissioner Changes; New Historic Landmark; September Lecture Series
- August 2017: Staff Updates; Commissioner Changes; Fort Nashborough History Center Opens
- July 2017: THC Certificate of Merit; Lectures and Lunches; Fort Negley Community Day
- June 2017: MHZC Events: Neighborhood Meetings and Charrettes; Juneteenth Events; Tours of Two Rivers Mansion
- May 2017: 2017 Preservation Awards; "Nashville History" Spring Lecture Series Continues; Memorial Day Dash
- April 2017: "Nashville History" Spring Lecture Series; "Witness Walls" Public Dedication of Art
- March 2017: Old House Fair, Call for Nominations: 2017 Preservation Awards; Spring Lectures
- February 2017: Meet Our New Commissioner; Conference on African-American History and Culture; Old House Fair; Call for Nominations
- January 2017: New Historic Landmarks; Conference on African-American History and Culture; Nashville Predators to host Music Row Preservation Night
2016 Newsletters
- December 2016: National Register Update; Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture
- November 2016: Historic Preservation 101; Nashville Nine Announced; Lectures and Anniversary Events
- October 2016: Living History at the Nashville City Cemetery; Nashville Nine; Preservation Easement Workshop
- September 2016: National Register Update; New Historic Landmarks on the Way; Taste of Wedgewood-Houston
- August 2016: Meet the Interns and New Commissioners; Endangered Sites Lists; Plan to Play
- July 2016: National Register News; Meet the Interns; Many Master Plans; Endangered Sites Lists
- June 2016: National Register News; Buchanan's Station; A New Vision for Music Row
- May 2016: Preservation Awards; Memorial Day Dash
- April 2016: Preservation Awards; A History of Music Row; National Register News
- March 2016: Old House Fair; Preservation Awards; Lunch and Learn
- February 2016: Mayor Barry Visits Sunnyside; African-American History and Culture Conference; Old House Fair
- January 2016: African-American History and Culture Conference; Old House Fair
2015 Newsletters
- December 2015: Great Gifts at the MHC, Holiday Events
- November 2015: Nashville Architecture, 2015 Ten in Tenn, Historic House for Sale
- October 2015: Staff and Commissioner Introductions, Nashville Architecture, 2015 Nashville Nine
- September 2015: Toasting the Town, Living History Tour, 2015 Nashville Nine
- August 2015: MHC Update, Mayoral Candidates Answer Questions about Preservation in Nashville, National Register News
- June 2015: Mayoral Candidates Answer Questions about Preservation in Nashville, National Register News, 40th Annual Preservation Awards
- May 2015: National Preservation Month, 40th Annual Preservation Awards, The Big Payback, Memorial Day Dash
- April 2015: 40th Annual Preservation Awards, Music Row Meeting, Memorial Day Dash 5K
- March 2015: Old House Fair, 40th Annual Preservation Awards, Memorial Day Dash 5K, River Talks
- February 2015: Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture, Old House Fair, Nashville 101, 40th Annual Preservation Awards
- January 2015: Exciting News for Music Row, Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture, Old House Fair, Nashville 101
2014 Newsletters
- December 2014: Meet Our New Commissioner, City-Wide Battle of Nashville Sesquicentennial Event, Save these Dates in 2015
- November 2014: Lunch and Learn at Fort Negley, Save these Dates in 2015, Commemorating the Battle of Nashville
- October 2014: Historic Preservation 101 for Realtors; Topics in Nashville History: Leadership and Legacies; 2014 Nashville Nine
- September 2014: New Office Schedule; Created Equal: America's Struggle for Civil Rights; National Register Update; 2014 Nashville Nine
- August 2014: NashvilleNext Meeting to Go: Preservation in Nashville; Created Equal: America’s Struggle for Civil Rights; 2014 Nashville Nine
- July 2014: Created Equal: America’s Struggle for Civil Rights, Encyclopedia of Nashville and Davidson County, 2014 Nashville Nine
- June 2014: MHZC Seeks Your Input, Created Equal: America’s Struggle for Civil Rights, Encyclopedia of Nashville and Davidson County, 2014 Preservation Awards
- May 2014: Eastwood NCZO Expansion, Encyclopedia of Nashville and Davidson County, 2014 Preservation Awards, MHZC Seeks Your Input, Created Equal: America’s Struggle for Civil Rights
- April 2014: MHZC Seeks Your Input, National Register Update, Preservation Awards, Created Equal: America’s Struggle for Civil Rights
- March 2014: Old House Fair, Hillsboro-West End NCZO Expansion, Call for Nominations: Preservation Awards, Created Equal
- February 2014: Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture, Old House Fair, Preservation Awards, Friends of Kellytown
- January 2014: Historical Marker Update, New Events for the New Year, Preservation Awards
2013 Newsletters
- December 2013: Historical Marker Update, Save these Dates in 2014, Preservation Awards
- November 2013: New Staff Member, New Historical Marker, Nashville's Endangered Sites, Barefoot Ball
- October 2013: Final Civil War Lecture, Archaeology Lunch-N-Learn, National Genealogy Conference
- September 2013: New Historical Markers, Civil War Lecture Series, City Cemetery Living History Tour
- August 2013: Nashville’s Newest Historic Landmark, Civil War Lecture Series, Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle
- July 2013: National Register Update, Civil War Lecture Series, Music at the Mansion
- June 2013: New Neighborhood Conservation Zoning Overlay District, Civil War Lecture Series and Brochure, Preservation Awards Winners
- May 2013: New Civil War Lecture Series & Brochure, Preservation Awards, Memorial Day Dash
- April 2013: Civil War Sesquicentennial Symposium, Preservation Awards, Metro @ 50
- March 2013: Old House Fair, Lunch and Learn, New Deadlines for Permit Applications, 38th Annual Preservation Awards
- February 2013: Annual Conference on African-American History & Culture, Old House Fair, Preservation Awards
- January 2013: Old House Fair, Know Nashville, Annual Conference on African-American History & Culture
2012 Newsletters
- December 2012: New and Returning Markers; Nashville 2040; 1877 Archaeological Expeditions in Middle Tennessee; Historic Holiday Happenings
- November 2012: Middle Tennessee and the Cold War; Garrison Days at Fort Negley; In the Footsteps of Sergeant York
- October 2012: New Historical Markers; Nashville Nine; Commemorating the Cuban Missile Crisis
- September 2012: Battle of Nashville Driving Tour; TPT-Preservation Station Partnership; Shelby Park’s Centennial Celebration
- August 2012: National Register Update; Discovering the Records of TN, KY and Whiskey Stills; Music at the Mansion
- July 2012: Marker Update; Celebrate Metro at 50; Parks and Recreation Month; Share Your Fort Negley Stories
- June 2012: 2012 Preservation Awards; Window Preservation Workshops in Kentucky; Stories of North Edgefield History Series
- May 2012: National Register of Historic Places Update; 2012 Preservation Awards; Old House Fair & Statewide Preservation Conference
- April 2012: Historical Marker Update; Fort Nashborough Day; 2012 Preservation Awards; Old House Fair & Statewide Preservation Conference
- March 2012: Nashville Women during the Civil War; Nashville 102; Preservation Awards
- February 2012: Meet Our New Commissioners; Civil War Sesquicentennial Event; African-American History Events at Metro Archives
- January 2012: 31st Annual Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture; Civil War Sesquicentennial Event; Nashville 101